Infotainment Software Project Manager - Maternity Cover

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Job Purpose:

To own and be responsible for feature definition & ownership, Component ownership and delivery responsible for electrical components.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Project management of infotainment commodities, supplier management, management of internal deliverables to meet project targets.
• Deliver the Programme quality, cost, weight, function and timing requirements for the systems and features you are responsible for.
• Ensure that the systems meet the Function plan (with the component suppliers), creating & managing recovery plans as required.
• Conduct Aston Martin whole vehicle testing for your systems and features both within & outside of the UK with a focus on customer acceptance.
• Support prototype build and test vehicle preparation.
• Coordinate internal teams for requirements and deliverables to meet KPIs.
• Coordinate and own the software quality in terms of release management, bug management etc.
• Work with a cross functional team to ensure that all stakeholders deliver the support required to deliver your systems on time and to budget.

Qualification & Experience:

• CAN tools – CANoE
• Understanding of LIN/CAN/Automotive Ethernet
• Understanding of electronics/software and hardware design
• Data analysis & report writing
• Experience in delivering Infotainment modules.
• Proven record of delivering Electrical or Electronics commodities, including quality, cost, function, weight and timing. Experience of vehicle level system integration in terms of hardware and Software). Experience of software development processes and managing software delivery.
• Experience of delivering infotainment systems, Navigation, Bluetooth and Media devices, Tuner and Infotainment HMI. Delivery experience on Infotainment OS system (windows, Linux, QNX, etc.).
• Extensive knowledge of automotive development systems e.g. releasing
• Supplier management experience
• Complete knowledge of Product Development cycle from concept to launch completion
• Excellent technical engineering background and a comprehensive knowledge of using calculation and analysis to drive design.
• Excellent knowledge of automotive quality tools and processes.
• Extensive knowledge of the manufacturing processes to create the components or systems.
• Electrical engineering degree

Behaviours:

• Collaboration – builds & maintains effective relationships within own function as well as across departments. Collaborates within teams to achieve goals. Team player with ‘can-do’ attitude.
• Customer focus – always focuses on high attention to detail & demonstrates accuracy in their work.
• Communication – ensures communication has a clear purpose, is factual, accurate & provided at the right time. Proactively shares information with colleagues & stakeholders. Excellent written communication skills for report writing & concerns raising. Able to verbally communicate at all levels.
• Commitment – takes ownership of objectives, work activities & behavior, & makes informed decisions backed by data. Commits to deadlines & achieving milestones. Strong time management, ability to balance and prioritise multiple tasks to meet customer needs.
• Continuously challenge & improve – takes initiative & uses data to challenge traditional ways of thinking & improve processes & working practices. Challenges design engineering to improve system performance.
• Competent in Microsoft Office toolset.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills at all levels
• Confident presenter
• Analytical
• Microsoft project experience is desirable
• Excellent financial management skills
• Strategic thinking
• Must be able to project manage and work collaboratively with a cross-functional team.
• Knowledge of Can and CAN based tools

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